What Is Your Take on This? + Random Ephiphany (Again)
Added 2023-09-15 09:14:36 +0000 UTCI am going through my next video script, and I wanted your take on this topic and what you think about it as well.
Do you think that many of the younger generation nowadays indulge in the idea of "I don't need/want to work; I deserve to live a good/enjoy life." more often than not? Why/Why Not? (Or have you thought about this as well)
My POV:
On the one hand, I would see creators talking about how they work/study 12+ hours a day, Waking Up at 3 a.m.; in general, productivity videos.
On the other hand, I would see creators saying they dropped out of college/quit their job, travel the world, or they left everything and decided to live in a van, and it is deemed "inspiring" and "brave".
(Generally, these videos genres are what the YouTube algorithm likes)
So social media/content creators (I think it's only fair to include myself) feed us with a lot of mixed information and more often than not they are two completely extreme ends on the work/life spectrum.
As for now, I am working as a Teaching and Research Assistant in the Linguistics Department back at the University of Hong Kong. The acceptable workload and stable income give me a sense of security, confidence and enough spare time to still work on my passion projects, like YouTube, whenever I have time.
I still prefer to treat YouTube as a hobby/passion project because if it turns into an actual job, and I have to rely on it, it defeats the purpose of me doing YouTube in the first place.
The creative outlet gives me that freedom, dose of motivation, time to break away from "working", happiness and satisfaction in my life.
Exciting things coming at the end of next month/early November :) but new video hopefully in a week! Love y'all and have a beautiful one!
Comments
A big part of it is just exposure bias & success bias where we’re exposed to those “brave” people who made it way more online compared to the person who’s working hard in a corporate job. I completely agree that it’s all preference, but I also think it’s a certain level of maturity too to recognize the bias
Minso
2023-09-25 01:52:48 +0000 UTCContext: I've been working for about 1.5 years and am living in Singapore I observed most of my peers/juniors in Uni were adopting the latter mindset and I would attribute that to the competitiveness of school, higher cost of living and general uncertainty of the future. Videos that feature creators quitting college/their jobs or creators who are living alternative lifestyles offer a glimpse of a more fulfilling, purposeful and simplistic way of living. The issue arises when such videos do not address the financial insecurity and other areas of concern that they might be facing and as such, these lifestyles will continue to be rosey in the eyes of many youths. The proliferation of social media would also likely worsen expectations youths might have for their future (ofc generalisation here). Personally, I chose to work and lead a corporate(-ish) lifestyle to attain financial stability so that I am better able to afford doing the things I like in both the near and far future. It is definitely an uphill climb from university days to getting used to wearing big boy pants at work, but there are still many moments of happiness in between that makes the journey worthwhile. Many of my friends, including myself, did not regret grinding during Uni and videos that feature the 'inspiring' and 'brave' route remains an inspiration for us today, which we hope to achieve sooner than later. And if you read this far, hope you're having a gr8 day/evening and ganbatte in whatever endeavours you're chasing !
Justin
2023-09-15 12:34:32 +0000 UTCFrom my 37-age POV, I tend to agree that younger persons prioritize work less than fun. But on the other hand, I think it's also normal at this age. First love and relationship experiences take time away from being productive and I think it is important. Self-improvement comes mostly just after 25 I think. Before 25 it's more ego-driven I think. Maybe it also depends on experience. I mean, get the fastest car or the richest holiday, and then? What if you had everything? Imagine it, and then the questions for life just start over again. If you have time. If you then have kids, you have no time hehe. The older I get, the more I think that balance of everything is the key. PS: sorry for my English, it's not my first language.
Zyraphila
2023-09-15 11:52:01 +0000 UTCOverall I think life style and work related things is all personal preference as in one is not necessarily better than the other. However I do think that there are a lot of people in the younger gen like mine that think they can get/deserve a good prosperous life whilst doing the minimal amount of of work which is untrue for the vast majority of people and I definitely think that social media can tend to support that sort of mindset. (just got done writing a 20pg essay for school i no longer know how to type normally)
PHATT Racoon
2023-09-15 09:27:02 +0000 UTC
